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Modesty Blaise - The Other Women Quiz
Of course, Modesty is the main attraction, but other women turn up in her adventures. The character is named, you pick the description. All characters are taken from the novels and short stories by Peter O'Donnell.
A multiple-choice quiz
by Bexze.
Estimated time: 5 mins.
Answer: Paxero's aunt, who runs the plantation at Limbo.
Miss Benita chooses her slaves from fashion magazines, and her nephew kidnaps them for her. She runs an old style plantation with millionaires for labor. Angel or Angela is the piano wire garroter. Maya is the name of the madam. Rosita is the bomb maker.
2. Who is Lisa?
Answer: A beautiful albino adopted by a villain, and controlled by him through the "Voices."
Brunel bought Lisa as a child. He uses her for sex, and to seduce men. He contols her using a radio transmitter implanted in a tooth. Through this he sends messages from unreleting "Voices" who tell her what to do, including murder. Lisa marries Giles Pennyfeather and works as his nurse, but later leaves him for an American engineer. (Referred to in "Xanadu Talisman.") Beryl is Kim's fiance.
In "I, Lucifer," Modesty is posing as Hilde Geibel when she meets Jack Wish. Angel Mbarraha is the African missionary who also appears in "The Impossible Virgin."
3. Who is Molly Chen?
Answer: The granddaughter of a business associate of Modesty's and sometime girlfriend of Willie Garvin
Willie meets Molly on his first job for Modesty. Later, she works for Gogold's circus, and is killed by Sybil Pray and Kazim in "Dead Man's Handle." Soo Leyborne is the abused wife. Weng never has a romantic interest mentioned in the books.
4. Who is Tracy June Chlton?
Answer: The wife of Bernard Martel, who Modesty and Willy set out to rescue from the harem at Xanadu.
Modesty is trapped by an earthquake with Martel, and promises to carry out his wish to rescue his wife, who, it turns out, didn't mind harem life at all. Jack Wish's girl is named Rita. Mrs. Dawes, mentioned in "Dragon's Claw" is the cook at "The Treadmill." Aileen is the golfer.
5. Who is Dinah Pilgrim?
Answer: A blind Canadian girl who has a special gift for locating things.
Although she is Willie's girl in "A Taste for Death," she eventually marries Steve Collier and remains friends with Modesty and Willie, appearing in several stories along with Steve. Col Straik has a wife, named Lucy, but called "Momma" by him and she calls him "Poppa." Dr. Pilgrim is not married. The members of The Dark Angels are Asmodeus, Belial and Aruga.
6. Who is Clarissa de Courtney-Scott?
Answer: She is the nymphomaniac lover and criminal associate of Beauregarde Browne in "Dragon's Claw."
Sybil Prey is Kazim's lover. Elaine McBeal is Sir Angus' mother. Modesty has several neighbors mentioned at Benildon, among them a Mrs. Rigby.
7. Who is Lady Janet?
Answer: The daughter of an earl, and Willie's steady girl at home, she has an artificial leg and appears in "The Silver Mistress."
Willie uses wire from Lady Janet's artificial leg to pick the locks and escape in "The Silver Mistress." Sir Howard is unmarried, and Salamander Four's directors are all men. Veronica is the Countess St. Maur, wife of a leader of "The Watchmen."
8. Who is Teresa Labriola?
Answer: A fiery Italian actress held prisoner on the plantation at Limbo
Teresa is one of the leaders when the slaves rebel at the plantation of Limbo. She is killed during the rebellion. Novikov's wife, Ilona, is also Russian. None of Willie's girls worked for Vabois, although Claudine worked in Paris. Maria Cavalli is an artist kidnapped by Sam Solon.
9. Who is Claudine?
Answer: A former Network courier, and sometime Willie's girl, Modesty and Willie fight off six men in the courtyard of her apartment in "I, Lucifer."
Jacqueline is the danger signal, a code word used when Modesty or Willie are held prisoner. Leila is the nymphomainiac from the Seraglio. Lisette is Moulay's daughter.
10. Who is Lucienne Bouchier?
Answer: An alias of Modesty's, used when she seduced Paul Hagan
Lucille Brouet is the orphan. She is eventually taken to the U.S. by John Dall, where she is adopted. Beatrice Mirot looks after Modesty when Old Alex rescues her from a cave. Willie has several air hostess girls, among them Adrienne, Swissair; Monique, Air France; and Julie, British Airways.
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